Internet Policy and Economics Challenges and Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lehr, William H. (Editor), Pupillo, Lorenzo Maria (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Industrial management.; Computers.; E-commerce.; Mass media.; Law.; Economic policy.; Computer Science.; Theory of Computation.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Media Management.; Media Law.; Economic Policy.

For over a decade, William Lehr, Lorenzo Pupillo, and their colleagues in academia, industry, and policy have been on the electronic frontier, exploring the implications of the technologies that are revolutionizing communication and culture. In 2002, Cyber Policy and Economics in an Internet Age fea...

Table of Contents:

• Internet Policy
• Policy Challenge
• Regulating Telecommunications in Europe
• Infrastructure Commons in Economic Perspective
• Dumbing Down the Net
• Development Challenge
• Why Broadband Internet Should Not Be the Priority for Developing Countries
• Intellectual Property, Digital Technology and the Developing World
• Privacy Challenge
• Economic Aspects of Personal Privacy
• Cybercrimes vs. Cyberliberties
• Economics Challenge
• Implications of Electronic Commerce for Fiscal Policy
• Spectrum Allocation and the Internet
• The Role of Unlicensed in Spectrum Reform
• You Can Lead a Horse to Water but You Can’t Make It Drink.